According to Police Inspector Walter Evans law enforcement made the discovery on Tuesday.
“Officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit travelled to an area in south Eleuthera,” said Isnp Evans, who is also the press liaison officer for the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF). “[They travelled] along with Eleuthera police to an area known as Winding Bay Road South where they found a very large field which contained about 12,000 marijuana plants.”
He added that no one has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s seizure but said investigations into the matter continue.
“No one was arrested in connection but those plants were uprooted and will be destroyed,” he insisted.
For years the Bahamian government has maintained it is serious about fighting the war against drugs.
Last year the government commissioned a new $2.5 million housing facility for personnel who work at the Inagua site of Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT).
Up to 22 officers representing the United States Coast Guard, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, Bahamas Drug Enforcement Unit and the Turks and Caicos police stay at the site, with the number varying as crews travel back and forth.
OPBAT is a multi-agency, international operation based in Nassau with a site in Inagua. Its mission is to stop the flow of cocaine and marijuana originating in South America source countries, transiting The Bahamas destined for the United States. This is a co-operative effort involving the Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of State, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs Service as well as the Governments of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
By: JASMIN BONIMY, The Nassau Guardian
